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Posted on 18 June 2019
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Synopsis: Moderate: WALinuxAgent security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1527-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1527
Issue date: 2019-06-18
CVE Names: CVE-2019-0804
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1. Summary:
An update for WALinuxAgent is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - noarch
3. Description:
The Windows Azure Linux Agent supports provisioning and running Linux
virtual machines in the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud.
Security Fix(es):
* WALinuxAgent: swapfile created with weak permissions (CVE-2019-0804)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1684181 - CVE-2019-0804 WALinuxAgent: swapfile created with weak permissions
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
WALinuxAgent-2.2.32-1.el8_0.1.src.rpm
noarch:
WALinuxAgent-2.2.32-1.el8_0.1.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0804
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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